12 Things Schools Could Be Instead Of Schools by Terry Heick What else could schools be? Instead of schools, I mean. Or at least as we think of the word ‘school,’ anyway. The more I think about it, the more this is about semantics and language than education...
13 Standards For A Near-Future Schoolby Terry HeickIn 2018, an “unconnected classroom”—that is, one without social components, digital media output, authentic and highly visible school-to-school and school-to-community functions, and personal learning for each student...
What Is Really, Truly ‘Best For The Kids’?by Terry HeickWhat’s best for the kids.I remember hearing this phrase when I was handed a towering stack of fluency probes that represented about 3-4 hours of “in addition to” work per week.I...
Learning Is Different Than Educationby Terry HeickEd note: This post has been updated from an early 2013 post.“…all our problems tend to gather under two questions about knowledge: Having the ability and desire to know, how and what should we learn? And, having...
Learning Outcomes: The Cost Of Insisting What A Student Will Understand by Terry Heick Preface: The point of this article is not that Outcomes-Based Learning—and its desire to predict learning outcomes—is ‘bad.’ It’s frustrating when new ideas or...
10 Innovative Learning Strategies For Modern Pedagogy by TeachThought Staff This is an excerpt from a report, produced in collaboration with SRI International, that proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on...
